Blue-fronted redstart

Blue-fronted redstart

A blue-fronted redstart male from Sattal near Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Phoenicurus
Species:	P. frontalis
Binomial name
*Phoenicurus frontalis* Vigors, 1832

The blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers. It breeds in central China and the Himalayas (where it winters in the southern foothills, as well as in Yunnan, Northeast India and northern Southeast Asia). Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The female is brownish-grey, with paler underparts.

Gallery

Male at Mailee Thaatch (10,500 ft.) in Kullu-Manali Distt. of Himachal Pradesh, India
Female in Pangot, Uttarakhand, India
A particularly bold Blue-fronted Redstart at Deoria Taal, Uttarakhand

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Phoenicurus frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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